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Ink-artist Allison Stanley has had a passion for drawing and an entrepreneurial spirit since childhood. She left secondary school at the age of fifteen to pursue art as a business, and is completely self-taught.

Allison works traditionally with a metal-nibbed dip pen and black ink, inheriting techniques from ancient illuminated manuscripts, from gold leaf to calligraphy to microscopic detail à la Book of Kells. The Rococo art movement is another influence: her signature black & white style is richly ornamental. Delicate line-work, intricate surface patterns and swirling flourishes clothe with regal elegance her deeply imaginative and symbolic designs, filling every square inch of the canvas with interest.

Drawing inspiration from early Christian poetry and fairy tales, beauty and meaning are chief among her values, e.g. her Philosophy of Ornament: "Covering an image with ornament is like turning it to gold, or setting it to music; it glorifies it, revealing the inner nature of the subject on its visible surface. The result is enchanting yet mysterious, for it is a revelation of something originally invisible, like a scent, a mood, or an ideology. Ornament is a metaphor, the essential element of poetry."

Since 2010, Allison has explored a variety of media: she has inked traditionally on calf skin vellum and parchment; tooled, burned and manipulated leather; carved wooden art frames; worked with 24kt gold, palladium and tin leaf; custom painted a GT Mustang; and painted a 5-ft wide acrylic painting on wood which included the likeness of seventy-four different people upon commission. She is currently designing an illustrated poetry book, with her elder sister, Rebecca Zara Stanley, acting as writer and co-producer.

Media: Oak gall ink on calf-skin vellum with 24kt Russian gold leaf.Size: 7.75” x 9”Many perfuming plants are decorating her; jasmine, mint, frankincense, myrrh, olive leaves, dandelion, lavender, climbing nightshade, cornflower, damask roses and more.I've illustrated her before in, 'A girl named Spectrum' and in other works. I took a recording of my work in progress. You can watch it here: www.allisonstanleyart.com/vide…

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Progress was slow before 2009. Building a library of reference material was very important (as well as leaving highschool.)I had all of these kicking around on my computer already so this was a breeze to make. I was blessed with access to scanners as a child.

Updated for year 2014! I aim to keep this up to date. It's therapeutic to review the year.

This was created as a wedding invitation and thank you card set. The artwork features a petunia, several roses, a pinecone, a tulip, a giant pelican flower, a daylily, and a prickly pear cactus blossom.

If you are interested in using this artwork for your own wedding invitations or thank you cards email me to discuss licensing options. talantyre@gmail.com